Over the 7year life of the 1992 agreement. Federal funding decreases each year to $9 million in the 7th year. with a required CNMI match in the 7th year of $22 million. But in order to receive funding. the CNMI would be required to meet certain conditions. including the following: CNMI would freeze immigration at the 1992 level: CNMI would limit immigration so that an increasing percentage of the employees in the garment industry are local residents. rather than alien labor. CNMI would raise the same amount of net revenues as if the mirror tax system applied. and CNMI would amend its minimum wage law to provide the same exemptions of job categories and for the same level of deductions for housing and other expenses as are contained in the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. A goal of the United States in the insular areas is to assist them in becoming selfsufficient.
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